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Restructuring urban schools : a Chicago perspective
- Title
- Restructuring urban schools : a Chicago perspective / G. Alfred Hess, Jr. ; foreword by Michelle Fine.
- Author
- Hess, G. Alfred, 1938-
- Publication
- New York : Teachers College Press, Teachers College, Columbia University, ©1995.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Use in library | LB2802.C5 H47 1995 | Off-site |
Details
- Description
- xvi, 247 p.; 24 cm.
- Series Statement
- The series on school reform
- Uniform Title
- Series on school reform
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 227-238) and index.
- Contents
- Foreword / Michelle Fine. 1. Developing a uniquely Chicago perspective. 2. Chicago: a school system -- Not students -- "At risk" -- pt. I. Marking the progress of school reform in Chicago. 3. Restructuring the Chicago Public Schools: the plan of action. 4. Year one: contested authority. 5. A midway report: gathering momentum. 6. Years three and four: the struggle with improvement planning. 7. Nearing the end: just a beginning -- pt. II. Challenging the accepted assumptions. 8. Decentralization and community control. 9. Race and the liberal perspective in Chicago School Reform. 10. Struggling to change teaching and learning. 11. Changing assumptions about school operations and finance -- Appendix A: Monitoring the effectiveness of Chicago School Reform -- Appendix B: Financial aspects: the engine for school reform.
- ISBN
- 0807734764
- 9780807734766
- 0807734756
- 9780807734759
- LCCN
- 95024148
- OCLC
- ocm32703596
- 32703596
- SCSB-8903758
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library